The literature is inconclusive about whether baseline depressive symptoms predict, cerebrovascular events in older age.
The text offers the primary care physician, junior hospital doctors, medical undergraduates and specialist nurses a systematic approach to stroke in the elderly. The intent also is to provide extreme information where interest demands in those areas., extending the 'aims and scope' of the book to...
The growing number of older people is at high risk of stroke. Stroke incidence rises with increasing age and in the very old. Several studies have suggested geographical disparities and regional differences. Several studies have shown different risk profiles between the elderly and younger patients. ...
Strokes don’t just strike the middle aged and elderly. "It can happen at any age so everyone should know the signs and symptoms of stroke and what to do about it," said Brockington. At 28 Carolyn Roth thought she was healthy. But one day at the gym she developed an excruciating heada...
potentially leading to serious consequences and even death. Early identification of stroke related symptoms and rapid treatment are crucial. In the autumn and winter seasons, patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, elderly people and other key populations should pay special attention to ...
Although a relationship between depression and cardiovascular events has been suggested, past study results regarding the risk of stroke in relation to depression by subgroups are ambiguous. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of depressive symptoms on risk of incident ischemic strok...
This possibility should be considered in all patients who have had an acute stroke or have worsening of stroke symptoms after initiation of cART [21]. An elevated waist to hip ratio (WHR) was associated with 12 times increased risk of stroke among young adults in Mulago hospital compared to ...
Knowledge of Stroke and Heart Attack Symptoms and Risk Factors Among Rural Elderly People: A Questionnaire Survey To determine the level of knowledge of stroke and heart attack (HA) symptoms and risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in rural elderly people who a... EM Kim,SY Hwang,AL...
elderly and the second most common cause of death.1,2 prior to stroke individuals often experience minor cerebrovascular events such as transient ischemic attacks (tias). according to the World health organization criteria, a tia is defined as a focal neurological deficit lasting for less than 24...
This possibility should be considered in all patients who have had an acute stroke or have worsening of stroke symptoms after initiation of cART [21]. An elevated waist to hip ratio (WHR) was associated with 12 times increased risk of stroke among young adults in Mulago hospital compared to ...